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Vocalist Andrey Ind and guitarist Alexander Motor – Grenouer

Interviewed by: Anders Sandvall

Thanks to Mausoleum Records for the promo pictures of the band
Thanks to the band for the additional promo pictures

From St Petersburg, Russia comes the legendary alternative metal act Grenouer. It has taken the band six years to follow up the previous album LIFELONG DAYS. Last year came the new opus BLOOD ON THE FACE and I had the pleasure to talk to vocalist Andrey Ind and guitarist Alexander Motor. Amongst many things we handled the return of Grenouer, the work behind BLOOD ON THE FACE and the trouble the band have experienced with record labels. We also spoke about how it was to work with the new producers Dualized & Eddy Cavazza and how is metal really doing in Russia today? Read more below.

Russian rock metallers GRENOUER, who have been active since 1992, have signed with Mausoleum Records, the legendary label from Belgium. In previous years GRENOUER were famous for playing extreme kind of music, yet today these ambitious gropers switched over to songs with clean signing and high profile melodies. Their seventh brand new full-length album Blood on the Face is accomplished with outstanding producers Finnish Anssi Kippo, Astia Studio Sound (CHILDREN OF BODOM, NORTHER, TO/DIE/FOR) and Italians Dualized and Eddy Cavazza, dysFUNCTION Productions (MNEMIC, TERMINAL SICK, LOGICAL TERROR). Dualized made superior mixing at Zeta Factory Studios and afterwards the material got mastered at famous Finnvox Studio by Mika Jussila. The CD comprised of 11 full songs (including STONE TEMPLE PILOTS cover) is scheduled for release on Europe: May 3, 2013, North America July 9, 2013.

Saint Petersburg, Russia-based metallers GRENOUER have released a new single called “Brain Fever” off their forthcoming full-length album
entitled Showdawn, set for release on October 31, 2012 via The Metal Den Records.

Saint Petersburg, Russia-based metallers GRENOUER will not be releasing the highly anticipated Showdawn album on August 31st as has
been previously reported. The band’s label, The Metal Den Records, has decided to push back the worldwide release date to October 31, 2012.

The album is produced by Dualized & Eddy Cavazza with dysFUNCTION Productions…

Saint Petersburg, Russia-based metallers GRENOUER are set to unleash their brand new single entitled “Blood On The Face” on July 15th, 2012 via iTunes. The track comes off their forthcoming full-length effort, the first for their new label The Metal Den Records, who they signed a worldwide label representation deal with back in May/2012. The new studio album is called “Showdawn” and will release to the globe on August 31, 2012.

Russia’s GRENOUER has signed a worldwide label representation deal with THE METAL DEN RECORDS.

Check out the big announcement via a rocking new episode of THE ROCKET REPORT podcast HERE.

GRENOUER released their latest album “Computer Crime” in November of 2011 via Copro Records (UK). The band posted the first video “Fix Your Life” based on studio recording shots. View the video below:

The recording took place in Finland, at Astia Studio Sound, produced by Anssi Kippo and Jonas Kooto. The overall sound and band’s music approach has changed dramatically, starting from vocals and ending with rather different song structures.

Randy “Rocket” Cody of The Metal Den adds:

“I want to welcome Grenouer to TMD Records and I look forward to unleashing my label on the metal world July 1st, so tell your friends and get ready for a new revolution in heavy music!”

Grenouer is a Russian act that’s fairly unknown to the western world. When I heard their latest album LIFELONG DAYS I was stunned by their amazing way of playing their industrial/death metal. The band started out playing thrash metal at the beginning of the 90’s so it’s hard to put Grenouer into just one musical label. Listen and you will find out what I’m talking about. However, I felt obligated to share Grenouer’s amazing music with the rest of the world because these guys deserve recognition. I think you can all agree that it’s fun to hear from a band from an “exotic” land as Russia. Here is what me, singer Andrey “Ind” and Alexander “Motor” the guitarist talked about.